Cur*cu"li*o (k?r-r?"l?-?), n.;
pl. Curculios (-?z). [L., a grain
weevil.] (Zoöl.) One of a large group of beetles
(Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also
weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and
billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the
plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.